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CHAPTER 16 SECTION 1: WAR ERUPTS Main Idea- The secession of Southern states quickly led to the armed conflict between the North and the South. The Civil War has begun. holyromanempirerules.blogspot.com
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CHAPTER 16 SECTION 1:
WAR ERUPTS
Main Idea- The secession of Southern states quickly led to the armed conflict between the North and the South. The Civil War has begun.
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FIRST SHOTS AT FORT SUMTER
Fort Sumter-the fort located in Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War was fought
North and South were fighting over federally owned forts to see who would get them
April 12, 1861~Confederates pressured the Americans and forced Major Robert Anderson to capitulate
Beginning of the Civil War
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LINCOLN CALLS OUT THE MILITIA After Battle at Fort Sumter, Lincoln gathers up
75,000 minutemen to form his militia Northerners supported Lincoln’s actions But this made the South angry More states joined Confederacy
-Virginia-North Carolina- Tennessee-Arkansas
Confederacy now larger and stronger May 1861~Capital of Confederacy to Richmond,
Virginia Robert E. Lee- Talented military leader who
became commanding general of the army of North Virginia
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CHOOSING SIDES Border States- slave states that border free states
-Delaware-Maryland-Kentucky-Missouri
Maryland: hugely important to North. If it seceded then D.C. would be cut off from the Union. But Pro-Union leaders took over Maryland so it was safe from secession
Kentucky: important as well (to North and South). The rivers provide an invasion route for North. Provided a barrier for the South
Missouri and Delaware: stayed in Union as well
24 states in the Union 11 states in the Confederacy
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESAdvantages
Union• 22 Million
people• 85% of
industry came from North
• More railroad mileage
• Naval power and shipyards
• Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy• Able
generals (Robert E. Lee)
• Will and defensive fighting (“home team advantage”)
DisadvantagesUnion• Farther
away from where the war was fought
Confederacy• Only 9
million people ~3.5 million were slaves
• Less railroad mileage
STRATEGIESThe Union• The Anaconda Plan-• Smother the Southern
economy-blockade the South’s
coastline*Blockade- armed forces preventing transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
-gain control of Mississippi River
Problems• Would take more time and
people were eager to take action
The Confederacy1. Hoped to tire the North out2. Wanted to be left alone3. Hoped to use King Cotton
as their way to get help from foreign enemies
King Cotton-the Southern cotton that ruled the world’s market
Problems• Europe had surplus of the
South’s cotton and sis not want to get involved in American war
BATTLE OF BULL RUN
• July 21, 1861• Where Confederate and Union soldiers clashed• First battle in the North
WHY IT MATTERED?
Showed the North what they were getting themselves intoNorth realized they underestimated the South
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LETS TALK ABOUT IT!!
WHAT WERE THE UNION’S REASONS TO
FIGHT? THE CONFEDERATES?
WHY WERE THE BORDER STATES
IMPORTANT TO BOTH SIDES IN THE CIVIL
WAR?
